Robin Kear’s first trip abroad was all that was necessary to spark her innate wanderlust. As a Chatham College freshman, she spent six months studying in France’s Loire Valley and followed that with a shorter study trip to Morocco in her junior year. Little did she know that her love for travel would mesh with […]
New spur to Underground Railroad bike route mapped >
June 12th, 2008A new Pittsburgh-Erie spur has added 152 miles to the 2,058-mile Underground Railroad bicycle route completed last year by the Montana-based Adventure Cycling Association in conjunction with Pitt’s Center for Minority Health (CMH). The bicycle route highlights sites of historic significance and is designed to encourage active lifestyles as a culturally relevant way to promote […]
UCSUR names Manners awardees >
June 12th, 2008The University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) has announced the winners of the eighth annual Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards. The awards were established in memory of the center’s assistant director, who died in 2000. UCSUR offers annual awards in two categories: research development grants to support pilot research in the social, […]
Student fee hikes expected >
June 12th, 2008Two student fees likely are going up. The trustees student affairs committee recommended last week that full-time undergraduate and graduate students pay $85 per term for the student health fee. That fee has been $65 per term for 12 years, Pitt officials said. (Part-time students are eligible to use the Student Health Service if they […]
Henne-Westgate entrance dedicated at UPT >
June 12th, 2008Todd Olsen (representing benefactor John Henne) and Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor James V. Maher unveil a marker at the Henne-Westgate entrance to the Pitt-Titusville campus. About 80 people attended the May 30 ceremony that celebrated the completion of the Barco-Duratz plaza, which spans the central part of the UPT campus. The new Henne-Westgate […]
UPB scholarship given in honor of Zippo >
June 12th, 2008Advertising agency Blattner Brunner presented a $1,000 scholarship to Pitt-Bradford last month to honor its client Zippo Manufacturing Co. The scholarship will be awarded to a deserving Pitt-Bradford student. Presentation of the scholarship award took place in front of Blaisdell Hall, which represents the partnership between Pitt-Bradford and the family of Zippo Manufacturing Co. founder […]
Basketball camps set >
June 12th, 2008Pitt head men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon will conduct four basketball camps — June 23-26, July 7-10, July 28-31 and Aug. 4-7 — for boys ages 7-17. The camps will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. with lunch provided. Each camper will receive an Adidas T-shirt and Spalding basketball. The cost of each camp is $295, […]